Grants made by the Friends of Cathedral Music since 2004
2011
| Christ Church, Grosse Point, USA |
Choir Endowment (Lay Clerk) |
£10,000 |
| Durham Cathedral |
Choir Endowment (Chorister) |
£20,000 |
| Gloucester Cathedral |
Choir Endowment (Chorister) |
£10,000 |
| St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong |
Choir Endowment (Part leaders) |
£10,000 |
| ManchesterCathedral |
Choir Endowment (Choristers) |
£25,000 |
| Salisbury Cathedral |
Choir Endowment (Choristers) |
£20,000 |
| Shrewsbury RC Cathedral |
Grant towards cost of new organ console (match funding) |
£10,000 |
| Westminster Cathedral |
Urgent renovations of Song School & choir facilities |
£20,000 |
| Cathedral Organists Association |
Setting up of COA website for cathedral musicians (second instalment of £5,000) |
£5,000 |
| Total
|
|
£130,000
|
2010
| Bristol Cathedral |
Endowment Grant |
£25,000 |
| Exeter Cathedral |
Endowment Grant |
£25,000 |
| Lichfield Cathedral |
Contribution to stipend of Lay Vicar |
£20,000 |
| Llandaff Cathedral |
Endowment Grant to support salary of Director of Music & Assistant |
£15,000 |
| Norwich RC Cathedral |
Two pianos |
£5,000 |
| St Edmundsbury Cathedral |
Grant to support funding of new organ 32ft reed |
£15,000 |
| Worcester Cathedral |
Endowment for one Cathedral Chorister |
£25,000 |
| Cathedral Organists Association |
Setting up a COA website (first instalment of £5,000) |
£5,000 |
| Total
|
|
£135,000
|
2009
| Brecon Cathedral |
Assistant Organist Salary Endowment |
£20,000 |
| Down Cathedral |
Choir Endowment |
£4,000 |
| St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh |
Choir Endowment |
£25,000 |
| Hereford Cathedral |
Choir Endowment |
£25,000 |
| Leeds Cathedral |
Choir Endowment |
£15,000 |
| St Asaph Cathedral |
Choir Endowment |
£15,000 |
| Belfast Catholic Cathedral |
Purchase of Music |
£6,000 |
| Wells Cathedral |
Choir Endowment |
£15,000 |
| Total
|
|
£125,000
|
2008
| Blackburn Cathedral |
Additional music desks for cathedral choristers |
£2,000 |
| Coventry Cathedral |
FCM scholarships for one boy and one girl |
£20,000 |
| St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport |
Endowment Fund to support the salaries of the Cathedral Organist and Assistant Organist |
£30,000 |
| Ripon Cathedral |
Endowment of choristers. |
£20,000 |
| Sheffield Cathedral |
Purchase of a grand piano for the Cathedral Song School |
£5,000 |
| Southwark Cathedral |
Fund to endow an FCM lay clerk. (This represents the largest single grant that FCM has ever
made) |
£50,000 |
| St Paul’s Parish Church, Bedford. |
To aid the existing endowment fund for Choral Scholarships |
£6,000 |
| Total
|
|
£133,000
|
2007
| Hexham Abbey |
Endowment Grant |
£10,000 |
| Newcastle |
Choral Scholarship Endowment |
£25,000 |
| Perth, Scotland |
Choral Scholarship Endowment |
£7,000 |
| Portsmouth |
Replacement piano for Song School |
£5,000 |
| Southwell |
Support for Lay Clerks |
£15,000 |
| York |
Endowment of FCM Scholarship |
£17,000 |
| Buffalo NY (USA) |
Endowment Grant |
£6,000 |
| Tewkesbury Abbey |
Second instalment funding for Schola Cantorum |
£15,000 |
| Total
|
|
£100,000
|
2006 (50th anniversary year)
| Armagh |
Investment for chorister travelling expenses |
£12,000 |
| Birmingham |
Music Foundation |
£10,000 |
| Birmingham - Oratory |
Help with the purchase of music |
£500 |
| Bradford |
Endowment fund safeguarded for choir and music |
£16,000 |
| Chichester |
Endowment of Chorister Scholarships |
£20,000 |
| Derby |
Piano for Song School and endowment for chorister instrumental tuition |
£24,000 |
| Ely |
Choral Foundation |
£10,000 |
| Guildford |
Endowment of FCM Choristership |
£17,000 |
| Chapel Royal - Hampton Court |
New Choral Foundation |
£13,200 |
| Leicester |
Choral Scholarship endowment fund |
£25,000 |
| Liverpool - Metropolitan |
Furniture for the Song School |
£7,300 |
| Rochester |
Endowment for Holy Week & Easter cathedral music each year |
£30,000 |
| St Davids |
Replacement piano in Song School |
£5,000 |
| Truro |
Safeguarded funds to support Choral Scholarship fund |
£30,000 |
| Wakefield |
FCM fund for deserving choristers |
£20,000 |
| Wolverhampton - St Peter’s |
Fund for vocal training for broken voices |
£10,000 |
| Tewkesbury Abbey |
First instalment funding for Schola Cantorum |
£15,000 |
| Total
|
|
£265,000
|
2005
| Gloucester |
FCM Music Endowment for Chorister Fees |
£10,000 |
| Leeds Parish Church |
FCM Choristership |
£6,000 |
| Norwich |
Choir Endowment Fund |
£34,000 |
| Winchester |
FCM Choristership |
£25,000 |
| Total
|
|
£75,000
|
2004
No grants were made in 2004
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